在全球化與在地化之趨勢下，物流扮演著支撐經濟社會發展的重要角色，物流業者面臨倉儲作業與庫存控制作業的多樣化與複雜化，然而現今絕大多數的倉儲中仍是依靠人力作業，而對應的倉儲管理系統亦無法做到完全的電子化，除了容易造成人為疏失外，在偌大的倉儲空間中要追蹤貨物流向也顯得十分困難，因此本研究建構了一個用於揀貨及倉儲管理的混合式定位技術，利用無線通訊技術獲取人員、貨物及載具於室內的即時位置資訊，並將此系統應用於物流業的倉儲管理作業。根據不同定位技術之特點，UWB具有高精準度、穿透性強以及抗干擾的特性，我們將UWB標籤安裝於人員及載具上，而RFID具有低成本、省能源以及可使用被動式標籤的特性，我們將RFID標籤安裝於貨物上，如此一來針對倉儲中動態及靜態的定位目標使用不同的定位技術，透過倉儲空間中的基站與感測器蒐集位置資訊，再透過可視化的使用者介面即時顯示定位資訊，輔助管理者進行分析與決策，如此一來對載具、貨物與人員位置進行更為精準且即時地追蹤 ，以期達到事故預防、優化設備與人力資源配置、增加移動效率、資產定位、提升盤點效率等用途。相較於傳統的倉儲管理系統，管理者可以獲得即時更新的定位資訊，並節省人力成本，而所記錄的定位資訊更可進階應用於未來自動化倉儲之研發工作。

With the trends of globalization and localization, logistics plays a vital role in socio-economic development. In addition to delivering goods efficiently, corresponding companies must face the challenges resulting from the variety and complexity of indoor logistics in their warehouses. Note that works in current warehouses are still relying on manual labor and most warehouse management systems are usually not fully computerized yet. Consequently, management tasks involving tracking goods, personnel, and vehicles are tedious and error-prone. In this work, we developed a WMS with positioning techniques to automatically identify and track our targets' current location. According to features of different wireless positioning techniques, UWB can achieve high accuracy, high penetration, and anti-interference, so we attach UWB tags to handling personnel and vehicles. In contrast, RFID can achieve low cost, low energy consumption, and also it can use passive tags, through these characteristics, we attach RFID tags to goods. Therefore, for these components in the static or moving feature, we use different positioning techniques. Real-time location information can then be collected by sensors/anchors and immediately displayed to a warehouse manager for analytics and decision making. As compared with a conventional warehouse management system, the proposed system provides managers real-time location information and reduces the labor cost. This system can be used to prevent accidents, optimize equipment and labor utilization, increase transportation efficiency, track assets, and accelerate inventory checks. Furthermore, recorded information can be employed in future work of automated warehouse management.

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